Detectives paid a bedside visit to NYPD Lt. Peter Salzone at North Shore University Hospital on Sunday, two days after the cop shot himself twice in the stomach amid a corruption probe.

Sources say the 90-minute “visit” was the first of many interviews for Salzone, who shot himself after he was grilled by the FBI in an investigation into the NYPD.

Before he shot himself, Salzone was being called on to testify against his friend and former boss, Deputy Inspector James Grant, sources told The Post.
Salzone, Grant’s integrity control officer, shot himself while visiting his girlfriend in Queens, possibly to worm out of having to testify against his pal, sources have said.

The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is looking at the possibility that Salzone never intended to kill himself and merely wanted to appear emotionally unstable to sabotage his credibility as a witness, according to sources.

Salzone was stripped of his gun and badge Saturday. He could not be reached for comment.

He is the second police officer to shoot himself after getting called into the federal inquiry, which has seen dozens of cops get grilled.